Palinorsa acritomorpha

Palinorsa acritomorpha
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Palinorsa
Species: P. acritomorpha
Binomial name
Palinorsa acritomorpha
Clarke, 1964

Palinorsa acritomorpha is a moth in the Depressariidae family. It was described by Clarke in 1964. It is found in Peru.[1]

The wingspan is 33-36 mm. The forewings are cinnamon with the extreme costa, before the apex, whitish. There is a small fuscous spot in the cell at one-third and an ill-defined transverse fuscous bar at the end of the cell. On each side of vein Ic, opposite the base of vein 2, there is a buff spot narrowly edged with fuscous and the dorsum and termen are narrowly fuscous. The hindwings are semi-hyaline whitish.[2]

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